Victoria Balfour,the journalist who worked for five years to bring Dr. Ayres to prosecution, is to receive the media award for her efforts in the case on September 25 at the International Conference of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence in San Diego.

A patient of Dr. Ayres named Joel who saw him way back in 1962 in Boston has posted a comment over at forensic psychologist blog. After this was posted,the folks over at the william ayres blog were able to speak to Joel and found him to be most helpful.

If there are others out there who were patients of Ayres in Boston at a place called Judge Baker Guidance Center from 1959-1963, the william ayres blog correspondents would like to hear from you. You can contact trapellar@gmail.com. Your confidentiality is assrured

I was a patient or Dr. Ayres in Boston at the Baker Center in 1962. I had many sessions w/him...my parents wanted to find out why I didn't like school. Well, I just didn't like school! I did finish college and rcvd my degree.As a patient I was 17 yrs. old attending college at the time. Our sessions never touched on why I didn't like school. I always tried to figure out why everything he brought up was of a sexual nature...thinking maybe he wanted to see how matuire I was? or something along those lines. He never touched me but we never dealt w/my school "problem". It was pretty simple to me...I was bored w/at school! Finding this article on him shocked me, I remember when he left Boston he gave me his address and phone # if I ever needed his help...help he never gave me. After reading all the articles I now understand why all his questions and 'treatment' were of a sexual nature. I am 64 yrs. old now...but still shocked at the path he has taken. Very disturbing. If the accusations are true..and they sure seem to be...he needs severe punishment...regardless of his age or physical problems. He has ruined sooo many lives. I'm a very spititual person as are my 2 sons and I don't hate...but he needs to be locked up and spend the rest of his life behind bars for the harm he has caused innocent youngsters. It would be his karma for his totally unacceptable deeds.

Dr. Ayres and Dr. Levin both practised in San Mateo County, California. One of Dr. Ayres' medical partners, child psychiatrist Dr. Hugh Ridlehuber treated Levin's two sons. The sons confessed to Ridlehuber that their father had molested them. When Ridlehuber reported Levin to authorities, Levin tried to sue Ridlehuber and the medical practice - Peninsula Psychiatric Associates - for planting "false ideas" in his sons' heads. The lawsuit was eventually thrown out when police arrested Levin for having thousands of images of child pornography on his computer and for molesting his women patients.

Do Ayres and Levin know each other ? Dr. Ridlehuber, who died a year ago, said he didn't know whether Ayres and Levin had crossed paths. But many in law enforcement believe they know each other.

Ayres is awaiting his second trial. In Levin's case, twelve years ago, the child porn charges were dropped against Levin in exchange for him pleading guilty to a possession of an uncontrolled substance. (What were the prosecutors thinking?)

Levin currently has a computer business in the same county where Ayres lives. The police found disturbing "child erotica" in Ayres' storage locker before they arrested him.

Many of us who know and care about the victims in the Ayres case have long wondered if Levin and Ayres have crossed paths....

When you posted about Levin earlier I was wondering about a possible connection myself. Interesting there's a possible connection between them...

_________________________"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting 'Holy Shit! What a ride!'" ~Hunter S. Thompson

The Boston police "Crimes Against Children Unit" is now looking for anyone who might have been molested by Ayres in Boston between 1959-1963. Sgt. John Donovan says that Massachusetts has a "stop the clock" law that says that any perpetrator who left the state after molesting children can be brought back for prosecution at any time. Sgt. Donovan says that under this law, priests from the 1950s have been succesfully prosecuted.

The victims of Dr. Ayres need your help in finding victims. If anyone has any contacts with the Boston media - the Globe or the Phoenix, or the Herald, or any TV stations, please contact them and urge them to do a "Looking for Boston Victims of Dr. Ayres" story. These victims in Boston would be between the ages of about 55 and 62 now and we need them to come forward.

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